'I Use My Experiences to Help the Kids Achieve Their Best. The Joy On Their Faces Is My Reward' ; by His Own Admission, When Sports Coach John Hardy Was Younger, He Had a Taste for Beer and a Punch-Up.

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By His own admission, when sports coach John Hardy was younger, he had a taste for beer and a punch-up.

Having left home at 16, he spent three years living at Newland Homes, the former orphanage in west Hull, and trouble was never far away.

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'I Use My Experiences to Help the Kids Achieve Their Best. The Joy On Their Faces Is My Reward' ; by His Own Admission, When Sports Coach John Hardy Was Younger, He Had a Taste for Beer and a Punch-Up.

Now, he is helping youngsters across the city stay on the straight and narrow as part of the Grass Roots Sports 4 All project, which aims to get youngsters off the streets and into sport.

Mr Hardy, 37, said:...

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